Benches clear after Blue Jays LHP shoves Rays player in face

The 2024 Main League Baseball season is simply a few days previous and now we have already seen a few bench-clearing incidents. The most recent got here on Saturday afternoon in Tampa Bay when the Rays and Toronto Blue Jays had a weird altercation at third base.

Tampa Bay’s Jose Caballero dropped down a bunt within the backside of the seventh inning that scored Randy Arozarena to provide the Rays a 4-1 lead. However as a result of there was a throwing error on the play, Caballero determined to attempt to stretch it to 3rd base the place he ended up getting thrown out. 

Caballero knew he was out, slowed down and easily bought tagged. However after he ran by means of the bag, he ran into Toronto reduction pitcher Genesis Cabrera, who was backing up the play.

Cabrera didn’t take the contact flippantly, and after some temporary phrases had been exchanged, he delivered a two-handed shove to Caballero’s face.

That shortly emptied the benches.